Forget the new Accord, this is the Honda to have!
While the new Accord is just about the fastest, flashiest and most expensive Honda available in India, in Europe, the rich can now buy the HondaJet, Honda’s first light jet. The first one has already been snapped up by Jenson Button, F1 racing driver and business entrepreneur. Button will be the first person to take delivery of a HondaJet, in late 2012.
Honda Aircraft Company Inc. launched the HondaJet today, at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE). To provide sales and service support to its customers in Europe, the company announced that it will establish a new European network of three HondaJet exclusive sales and service centres.
Honda Aircraft Company also announced an expansion of its relationship with FlightSafety International, the world’s leading pilot training company, to provide its customers with flight training in Europe.
‘Europe is one of the world’s fastest growing markets for light jets and we have a great number of customers who have contacted us over the past two years about owning a HondaJet,’ said Michimasa Fujino, Honda Aircraft Company, President and CEO.
‘We approached the selection of our sales and service partners with great attention to detail. And I tried to find people with a challenging spirit, who share our passion for this product and our passion to create a new and higher standard for the private jet aircraft ownership experience in Europe,’ said Fujino.
Advancing its commitment to provide HondaJet customers with class-leading levels of satisfaction in sales and service support for light jets, the company is partnering with three European companies to establish a network of stand-alone, state-of-the-art centres dedicated exclusively to the sales and service of HondaJet. These new regional facilities are scheduled to begin operation in late 2012, in time for the first European HondaJet deliveries, and will be strategically located in close proximity to customers in the regions surrounding the U.K., Germany and Spain.
Of course, given that some of the biggest businesses and industries are now based in India, the HondaJet’s India launch can’t possibly be too far away. And we wouldn’t be surprised if an Ambani or a Tata is among the first 25 owners of the HondaJet…
For more details on the HondaJet, visit the official website here.
